Gunshots in Channelview send 5 to hospital

Yang Wang |
December 15, 2013
| Updated: December 15, 2013 4:31pm

A Harris County Sheriff's Office Deputy walks by evidence laying on a shooting scene on East Harris County where four young males were shot, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. The shooting is still under investigation.

Harris County sheriff's investigators responded to a multiple shooting Sunday afternoon in Channelview.

Deputies say four people were taken by vehicle and a fifth person was taken by helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital. So far, there has been no word on conditions.

The shooting happened in the 900 block of Ashland near Elgin in Channelview, the Sheriff's Office said in a news release.

Investigator said the shooting was an aggravated assault involving multiple people.